Modern Hygienist - November 2008 - (Page 27) MENTORING | career Take it from a temp… Heidi’s advice for dental practices: “Many offices have high-tech everything, all the latest and greatest, but they’re not friendly, they’re not connecting. Instead, it can become very institutional,” she says. “Use the equipment, but remember that you have to care for your patients, develop relationships. At that point, you can propose treatment and patients will trust you.” A DREAM DEFERRED Not content to be a short-term presence in Africa, Ms. Walberg returned fully intending to go back, or go where she is needed most. After graduating from MBI this past May, “I plan to work full-time clinical hygiene in Chicago and then move back to Uganda in January of 2009,” she says. “I will be working on a college campus in Uganda. Most girls can’t just get a job at a Starbucks or a retail store to make money, so many pursue prostitution just to pay for college. I’d love to look for opportunities to teach them alternative skills and how much God values them as individuals.” Ms. Walberg also acknowledges that with dental hygiene as a much-needed skill all over the world, the sky is the limit in what comes next. “My heart is open and I could be called anywhere Iran, Iraq, India, China, or even back here to Chicago,” she muses. “There are needs, both spiritual and physical, everywhere.” But for now, she’s taking things one day at a time. Yes, hygiene is a flexible job, but for Ms. Walberg, it’s also something she really believes in and believes God called her to. “I have no idea where it will take me, but I count it among the gifts I have to use in ministering to people,” she says. “I’m a person who loves people and is passionate to help them know they have value. That can come through dental hygiene. I love the Lord and he gives me a love for people. I can take those things anywhere in the world.” mh Ms. Walberg believes that as children of God, we are all valuable. Dental hygiene allows her to help people recognize this in their own lives. November 2008 | modern hygienist 27
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